# NTSB ANC84LA087: Cessna A188B, N6532G, Kantishna, AK, June 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Kantishna, AK
- Location: 63.5249° N, 150.9599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kantishna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.5249&lon=-150.9599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4301
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4301/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA087

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Roll over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN TERRAIN DURING LANDING & ROLLED OVER. THERE WERE NO ACFT MALFUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO THE PLT. THE PLT TO DATE HAS NOT FILED AN ACCIDENT REPORT. IN A TELEPHONIC INTERVIEW HE SAID HE ENCOUNTERED THE UNEVEN TERRAIN DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6532G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6532G-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 18801203T, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18801203T
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pacific Star Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ENN, NENANA, AK
- Destination: 5Z5, KANTISHNA, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: front

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 5 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHM, 41 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840608026429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840608026429A), Jun 8, 1984: Cessna A188B, Kantishna, AK, Substantial damage. Nosed over while landing on a rough mining strip.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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